Rethinking Stencils with Anna Wulick
If when you hear the word ‘stencil’, you think of graphic wall designs, you may want to take a look at the artwork of Anna Wulick. Selling on her Etsy shop as forty-two roads, Anna creates stencils...
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Make a Peppermint Stick Pot
Remember making pencil cups by gluing popsicle sticks to empty soup cans? This easy how-to is basically the same thing; only instead of using popsicle sticks, the floral artist uses peppermint stic...
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How to Fold a Paper Santa
This paper Santa is great for embellishing Christmas cards and gifts. Because he can stand on his own, he makes a sweet place setting. You could also add a tie to his hat and use him as an orname...
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Making Wall Art out of Styrofoam
...d set you back no more than 50 bucks. The squares are very light weight, which means they could be held up on a wall with just a straight pin, which means no big holes in the walls, which is good for renters. Now the bad part: The rippling of the paper still bugged me. If I did the project again, I’d experiment with different types of adhesives, possibly trying a spray adhesive or even sticky-back tape....
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Attention Woodworkers...Check out these totally DIY-able Night Stands!
Available through Scandinavian Design Center is the Gladsax Nightstand designed by Hildurs hus. Sold in a set of two for $435.15, the stands are made of solid oak and measure 48 cm high, by 32 cm w...
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Ugly Christmas Tree Lights–the Website
I stumbled upon Ugly Christmas Tree Lights this morning, which is a website devoted to all those houses that grab our attention at Christmastime. Although the pictures are very entertaining to peru...
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How to turn a Carmex tube into a super secret stash keeper.
What you need:An empty tube of Carmex.A knife.A side cutter or sharp scissors.A toothpick.A cutting board.A cup of boiling water.What you do:Over a cutting board, use the knife to pry off the bott...
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Make a Baby Food Jar Table Wreath!
This super simple how-to will take you about five minutes to assemble and requires minimal supplies! What you need:8 or so small, empty baby food jars3 stems of white daisy chrysanthemums–or blosso...
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Curbly Artist Profile: Meet Melsky
Artist and Curbly member Melsky (which is a combination of her first and last name) describes her acrylic on paper creations as eclectic, whimsical, abstract and colorful. An aggressive use of adje...
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TOTALLY DIY-able Felt Wine Rack!
This six pack wine rack from Elsewares is unbelievably clever. Not just because it’s made of renewable and recyclable materials, but because of how it’s constructed. Made of four pieces of 17" x 5"...
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Top 10 Ways to Take Better Portraits
Professional photographer Erin Manning shares her top 10 dos and don’ts for taking great portraits. Her explanations are accompanied by before and after shots. Just to give a heads up, she is selli...
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Make a Cupcake Color Wheel!!
Besides Lego Cakes, I can’t think of a better birthday surprise for the Curbly inclined as these Color Wheel Cupcakes. They’re easy to make and even simpler to decorate!Ingredients:1 2-layer-size p...
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Make a Message Center that Multi-tasks
Okay, you could paint an entire wall in your office or kitchen with blackboard paint, but do you really want to make that commitment? And sure, you can write notes on a blackboard wall, but what ...
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Use Up That Candy Corn....Make Candy Corn Turkey Cookies!!
Yesterday we used up our leftover Halloween candy with some yummy beverage recipe ideas, none of which included that candy corn leftover from our Candy Corn Challenge attempts. But now, thanks to P...
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Make a Vasemaker for $1.50!
A couple weeks ago I wrote up a little profile about something called the Vasemaker, which is a ceramic ‘vase top’ that enables you to convert/elevate any kind of jar or glass into a bud vase. I th...